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Show 6o of the Gaulonit£, and the 1Jerodi·an1: L lB. I .. obfervablc Emphafis, in that Saint Lul{.e faith, it was the jirft taxing., having reference unto this fecond~ d•]o[~th ~oco (d) The occafion of this Faction was thus: When fuperuu crraro. CJrenius levied this Tax,and fei~ed upon Archelaus, . flerod's fons goods, then arofe this JudtJS oppofing this Tribute ; and telling the people, that Tribute was a manifeft token of iervitude, and that they ought to cal\ none Lord, but only him who was Lord of Lords., the God o~heaven and earth. Whence e Oecumeniui. All. 5· 37 • Theophyl4E1. LJtc. '3· 1. f TheopylaEI. in Lwc. 13. thofe that adhered unto htm were called (JauliJnitte ; they were alfo called Galileans.( e) It was their blood that Pilate mixed with their facrifices, Luk._. 1 3· 1. For Pilate had not ant hority over the Nation of the Ga· lileans. (f) The reafon of this mixture is thought to be, becauft the Galileans forbad facrifices to· be offered fur the Roman Empire, or for the fafety of the Emperour ; whereupon, Pilate being incenfed with J! 1 ofeph.l.? de an~er 'n~ew them whdilfih t~ey wed. re (g) facrificding. To . . btllo 'f~tlaic. thts fal:lton belonge t 01e mur erer-5l terme l:IXd.eLol , cap.28, P· 985. mentioned, ACis 2 I. 18. Concerning the Herodians, thofethat number then1 among Heretic~s , make the herefie to confift in two things : Firfi, in that they took Herod the Great for the promifcd Meffias ; becaufe in his Reign, he:! being a· firanger, th~ Scepter · was departed from 1udah , which was the prornifed time o~ the Meffiah his coming. Secondiy 9 they honoured him with fuperfiitious folemnities annually performed upon his Birth-days. Of Herod his Birth•day the Pt7et-fpeaketh, ----Cu-m· Ilerodis venere dies, unll-aque fen~fira, Dijpofttee pinguem nebNlam vomiJere lucerne, PtrtaHtes violas, rubrumque amplexa catinum', Cauda nat-at thJnni, tRmel alia ftdelia vin.o.., P.e·E.f. Sat. 1" Now LIB. 1-.- Of t!Jp HerodiJJnt. 61 Now ~hether this latter may be referred to Herod the Great:> I much doubt; becaufe I find not any Aut~ or . among the Ancients to fpeak ofHero4the Great . hts Bttth·dar: It was another Herod, Tetartch of Gali~ ee, otherwtfe called AnliptH, whofe Birth- day we teadcele~rated, ~ark 6. 21. The _former point, that ., ~he Herodtans recetved Herod as thetr 114ejfiah, though It hath \h) many gr.ave Authors avouching it ~ yet ( i) h Epiph. h~ref,. others JUfily queHton the truth thereof. for if the w. &Thto~hyl Hero~ians. were Jews (as mofi think) how' then could ;;.~~~,;~~·~~~;, they tmagtne, that Herod, a firanger; could be the i Hiaon, Mat. .lv!eJJiah, ~eeing that it was fo commonly preached by 2 ~. 17 • the Prup!Jets, and known unto the People, that the lUefJiah, muft be a Jew born, of the Tribe of J11dah and of the houfe of David? ' Oth_ers fay,( ~)that the Hero_dians were certain flat• k Tbeodor, B~rer_ ers In Hero~hts ~o~ut, v~rytng and changing many -zaJ Mat. 2'2 .t6~ points of ~heir Reltgton Wit~ Herod their King. . To <,?fit~ many ~ther conJeCtures utterly impt:oba. . hle, I tncltne to Satnt Hierom, whofe Opinion is. (l) 1 Ht£rG"· Mtt~· that the Hero~ians were thofe who ftood frifly fo; tri:t 22 • 17 ' bute to be ~aid to_ccefar. It C?ncerned Herod, who at fir~ ~e.cetved hts Crown from Ceefitr, to further €cefo~ s trrbute, no.t only in way of thankfulnefs, but alfo,tn way. of policy? to pr~vent a poffible depofing or defcepttlng; for _1t was tn ccefar's power to take , away the. Crown agatn when pleafed him. No'vv, in r~fpeel ~hat Herod faught to kill chrifl, and the Herodtans _wah the P hari{ees topk counfel againfl: him; un-to thts our Saviour might have reference, faying, .... lt1ar. 8 .. 1 ;. Be~are oftheJeaven of the Pharrjees, and of !he leaven of Herod. Vtz. of their cont11gio1H Dollrzn~, andfox .. /i~ Jubtlelies. , T HE |